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Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials - CEHRO

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Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials – CEHRO

ArmeniaCreation date : 2011

The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of the Republic of Armenia was created by the 2011 Law on Public Service. The Law entrusted the Commission with missions relating to the collection, control and online publication of asset and income declarations, the detection of conflicts of interest and violations of ethical rules, and the issuance of recommendations for their prevention to the Presidency of the Republic, the Assembly and the Government. In 2016, 2091 declarations of high-ranking officials were submitted in the Commission’s electronic system of declaration. In its 2016 Activity Report, the institution indicates that the number of declarations increased by 25.1 percent compared to 2015.

Moreover, the Commission conducts training courses for public officials and public awareness campaigns on conflicts of interest and ethical rules. The institution is committed to the Open Government Partnership in order to promote a more open and transparent administration for citizens.

The Commission is an independent institution, from an administrative and budgetary point of view. It is composed of five members appointed for a six-year term by the President on the proposal of the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the President of the Constitutional Court, the President of the Court of Cassation and the Prosecutor General. The members are independent and only abide by the Armenian Constitution and laws. They are not accountable to any state or local authority and are autonomous in relation to the officials who appointed them. Besides, the Commission is not a judicial body. It sends problematic cases to competent jurisdictions.